Example sentences of "[adj] [indef pn] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm but anyway you s you started off with er with some greeting and er and er appropriate sociability erm one thing I noticed that Martin seemed to take control of the handshake and that 's something that was pointed out this morning and , and looked at and from where I was it looked as though he was keeping hold of your hand some time , you had your buyer 's guide and whatever in your other hand and you could n't , you know , bring it over and , and put yourself back into control erm and an interesting one and a , an e an example to all of us I think . |
| 2 | In the human brain , the most conspicuous structure , overlying the rest , is the cerebral cortex , a folded sheet of tissue , some one and a half square feet in area if spread flat , containing layers of neurones and their processes . |
| 3 | The annual migration of some one and a half million wildebeest is an awesome spectacle as they travel about 800 kilometres in search of water and green pastures for survival . |
| 4 | ‘ On the pendulum of self-exposure that oscillates between aggressively exhibitionistic Mailerism and sequestered Salingerism , I 'd say that I occupy a midway position ’ , explains Roth in The Facts — in a prefatory letter to his alter ego of earlier books , the novelist Nathan Zuckerman , who is granted a letter of reply at the end of this one and a perusal of the intervening narrative . |
| 5 | you only got two carpets to sort out and a bit of lino rather than having a different one with this one and a different one for that one and then a different one for |
| 6 | During the nineteenth century , another thirteen hundred acts and awards brought , or attempted to bring , another one and a quarter million acres of heath and moor and commons under cultivation . |
| 7 | You know once you 're on that system you 've got to have a light one and a heavy one |
| 8 | The traumatic experiences the men had already been through — the drama of the inrush of slurry , the knowledge that they were entombed , the foul air they had lived in for two days , and the threat of the gathering gas — meant that the half-mile walk wearing apparatus , and a further one and a half miles to the surface , would be a severe test of their remaining stamina and resolve . |
| 9 | Oh brown one and a gold one . |
| 10 | I like to have some sort of colour down as an underpainting first to kill the white of the paper — a similar process to an oil painter , and I start by wetting the paper with an old one and a half inch household painting brush and then quickly slash in some colour which slightly relates to what I see . |
| 11 | The process of counting is a proficient one and a sufficient number of results are usually announced within a few hours of the close of the polls to know which party has won the election . |
| 12 | The cost of the additional piece of road beyond the er the link to the er waste transfer station would be an extra one and a half million . |
| 13 | A swing of a mere one and a half per cent would win the seat for Liberal Democrat Gwynoro Jones who was Labour MP in the early seventies . |
| 14 | Weights then dropped and a mere one and a half ounces separated the next three anglers as Middlesbrough Newman Scott 's Alan Webb edged into runner-up position landing a mainly skimmer bream net of 3.3.8 to feeder and maggot off the grassy bank . |
| 15 | Yes , All do tour a lot and still manage to put out records regularly , but what does he mean when he says that they ‘ have just two songs : a fast one and a slightly slower one ’ ? |
| 16 | Yes , All do tour a lot and still manage to put out records regularly , but what does he mean when he says that they ‘ have just two songs : a fast one and a slightly slower one ’ ? |
| 17 | The white one and a a |
| 18 | There are 2 arm spines situated close together , a large ventral one and a small dorsal spine . |
| 19 | The 500C has two ink cartridges permanently installed ; a black one and a tri-colour one , containing cyan , yellow and magenta inks . |
| 20 | There 's a black one and a special one . |
| 21 | It 's only a problem for UK subscribers , most of whom automatically have a choice of 2 From : addresses — a long one and a short one . |
| 22 | There are two forms of most UK mail addresses , a long one and a short one . |
| 23 | Aid agencies are warning of a severe shortage of food in Central Bosnia and with Winter approaching , an estimated one and a half million people there are now dependant on aid . |
| 24 | Gluing is not so much a skilled job as a responsible one and a large number of mistakes are available to a determined man , all of which can have dangerous results . |
| 25 | The Nikolaikirche , with 2,000 seats , was full one and a half hours before the church meeting began . |
| 26 | Of the approximate one and a half thousand pounds from the sale of the Volvo , minus expenses , that he regarded legitimately as his , added to the four thousand in he and Zoe 's joint account , there remained one hundred and seventy pounds . |
| 27 | They found that much of the large negative basis in the first one and a half hours of trading was due to the use of stale prices from Friday 16 October in computing the index . |
| 28 | There was scaffolding up outside this particular one and a pair of rugged , manly types were bolting a large sign into place . |
| 29 | Compassion for the victims of this sick Tory society compassion for the millions of people who have no work compassion for the victims of racists and racisms compassion for the victims of the public service cuts , whether it be the miserable one and a half percent pay offers compulsory competitive tendering job cuts , low pay , the pensioners , the elderly , the sick , the child , the list is never ending . |
| 30 | As a matter of fact I knew an old couple that ran a , had a nursery school there , a big one and a very successful one . |